Hey guys, just wondering about something. I was driving my car last night and came on to a good straight stretch so decided to see how the old girl could pull. She picked up pretty good, but once we got near 190km/h she cut out and I still had a lot of road and RPM's to go.

So I'm wondering how I would go about removing the governor on it? I did a little bit of reading and seen something about having to do it through a computer. I have a computer but I just need instructions on how to do it.

Anyways, if anyone could help me out that'd be great!
Thanks

 

Boy, you better put on your flame suit.

 

Ok so first of all I don't think that you are ever going to be in such a hurry to be going 190km/h. Not the smartest thing to do with a 14 year old car.
And to answer your question, you can't reflash those ECU's as they have a ROM. The automatic ECU's are limited to 115MPH and the manual ones are not limited.

 

Ok thanks. My dad has a 98 Accord EX F23 VTEC, I had that car going 217, just wondering if there's supposed to be a governor in those, just curious more than anything

 

Ok wait, I just re-read gogydm's post, I'm not sure I completely understand what you mean when you say the manual ECU's are not limited. My car is a manual car so not sure what that means for me.

 

The F22B2 Manual Accord also has speed and rev limiters. The 94-97 Accord EX (EX-R) 4 cylinder F22B1 Accord does not have a limiter.

There is no way for you to remove the limiter on a stock Accord ECU (Computer). When people refer to your computer they are not talking about your desktop or laptop computer. They are talking about the computer, or electronic control module/unit (ECM/ECU) inside your car. There are other Honda ECU's that can be modified, aka chipped, and tuned via special software. That being said, there is no need to go over 190km/h on public streets.

If you are serious and you want to take your car to a track. You should look more into Honda tuning. There is a lot of info available online to research and get you started.

 

Oh sorry, misinformation on my part. So only the VTEC Accords do not have speed limiters? What about rev limiters?

 

IIRC they all have rev limiters.

 

Ok, thanks for the info guys!

 

oddly, my OBD1 f20B2 (non-vtec SOHC) Right Hand Drive Accord EX does not have a limiter...

On a very very rare occasion its been up to 225kmph and had more to go